WORCESTERSHIRE County Council will be purchasing ‘green’ electricity to power all of its street lighting, schools, libraries and all council buildings from April 1. Through purchasing green electricity, the council can record most of its greenhouse
AMAZON’s Worcester delivery station has donated £2,000 to the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group as part of a community programme. The group received the donation as part of the ‘Amazon In The Community’ scheme, where the company supports the
WITH Worcestershire Royal Hospital’s A&E department found to be ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after the latest inspection, you have to feel sorry for all the hard-working staff who are doing their best in incredibly difficult
DIRECTOR of rugby Alan Solomons will resist dipping into the market to cover the string of injuries among Warriors wings. The Sixways chief revealed his faith that Tom Howe and Dean Hammond could return in time for Premiership matches scheduled
A PAEDOPHILE who raped the same girl four times is behind bars after being found guilty of his crimes. Yesterday, Wayne Russell was told he is facing a “significant custodial sentence” by Judge Nicholas Cartwright, after he was found guilty of four
ATHERSTONE Town secretary Dave Turner had no qualms over the way City handled the threat of problems at Wednesday's FA Vase replay. Footage on social media shows a drink being thrown and three supporters climbing the barrier after Adders players
PRODUCERS have started the search for contestants to take part in the next series of Hunted...just as the latest series hits TV screens. The popular Channel 4 show challenges teams of 'fugitives' to disappear and go on the run, testing their wits
WORCESTER City do not expect a report to be filed on the disturbances at the end of Wednesday’s FA Vase replay with Atherstone Town. Security had been tightened on the back of ugly scenes and allegations of racism directed at City assistant manager
LOCAL politicians and business owners will sleep out all night in a bid to raise awareness of homelessness. Worcester Warriors will hold the annual ‘Worcester Big Sleep Out’ at Sixways in April. Representatives from Warriors, Warriors Community
Ledbury Poetry Festival’s 2020 Poetry Competition is now open for entries, and the judge will be the Black Country poet, Liz Berry. She born in the Black Country and now lives in Birmingham. Her first book of poems, Black Country (Chatto 2014),
Panto returns to Bromyard’s Conquest Theatre with Treasure Island Written by Ben Crocker, the show will run from February 15 to February 22 with five evening performances at 7.30pm and two matinees at 2.30pm. The director of Treasure Island,
THERE will be something of a heavenly theme for this year's Wychwood Festival,at least if the names of the headline acts are anything to go by. Coming to Cheltenham Racecourse will be The Divine Comedy at The Christians, and organisers say many
READERS have jumped to the defence of a dog breed after a report of ‘stray staffies’ attacking other dogs. Dianne Humphries, 62, was walking her two Schnauzer dogs Bertie and Lily near to her Tolladine home when she says they were attacked. She
EX-Birmingham City youngster Koby Arthur is ramping up his fitness with Kidderminster Harriers. Arthur, 24, left Macclesfield Town over the summer and had been out of the game prior to featuring in a youthful Harriers side's 3-0 defeat at Alvechurch
A GARAGE set up by a city man is flourishing with 13 employees after 10 years. Worcester born and bred Matt Jeffreys started off the business with a ‘Shell’ garage in St Johns more than 10 years ago but now the plot hosts a shop for all motoring
A WOMAN is refusing to move into a flat until mould that she claims could put her health at risk is removed. Sarah Adams says she suffers from chronic asthma so the idea of moving in to the Platform Housing property was a “non-starter.” But the
EMERGING centre Nick David will attempt to solve the wing woes at Warriors having been handed his Premiership bow. The Redditch-born 21-year-old has played his rugby at full-back but gets the nod on the left for tomorrow's showdown with Bath at
VALENTINE'S Day has come around once more and it’s a day most will spend dining out and enjoying quality time together – but also one some may take for granted. One couple that won’t be able to enjoy Valentine's Day as they'd wish is Michael and
WORCESTER MP Robin Walker has been given a new job in yesterday's reshuffle. Mr Walker tweeted last night to say he was "honoured to be promoted to Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Office." Mr Walker was previously parliamentary under
A CRASH this morning saw three lanes closed on the motorway. Lane 1, 2 and 4 (of 4) were blocked due to a crash on the M5 Southbound between J4A M42Link and J5 Droitwich at 3.35am today (February 14). Traffic Officers and West Mercia Police were
A COUNCILLOR has hit out at housing developer Persimmon for causing "mayhem and misery" in Pershore after it was granted permission to build another 196 new homes in the town. Charles Church Developments Ltd, part of the Persimmon Group, was given
A MUM is hoping to break a world record when she pulls a car weighing more than a hippo while raising money for charity. Emma Chetwynd Jarvis, 41, will pull the vehicle which will also include a driver, using a body harness as she looks to break
A PRESIDENT of a town’s society has spoken out on the planned future of a defunct department store building. We reported last week how a mystery buyer has been found, for the Brays building in Worcester Road, Malvern, who wants to retain the iconic
SIR – Malvern Hills Trust’s proposals for its future governance, posit control of the hills and commons by a small group, in future generations, by drastically cutting its board of trustees, by breaking the direct link between trustee and local electoral
A FAMILY say they were all given food poisoning, with the mum ending up in hospital, after eating out-of-date sausages they had bought from Asda in Worcester. But Asda has not admitted that the sausages were out of date. Norkio Luczack and Rafal
COUNCIL tax will rise by four per centre after councillors back the increase. Worcestershire County Council agreed to the rise – with two per cent ring-fenced for funding adult social care – which means the average taxpayer in the county will pay
A FORMER teacher from Worcestershire who now lives in China says he faces another 19 days in isolation. Bob Allison, former teacher from the Chantry High School, has been in self isolation on a school campus for over twenty days due to the Coronavirus
A MAN accused of raping the same girl four times said “it did not happen” when he gave evidence at his trial. Wayne Russell said he had not been to three of the locations his accuser says rapes took place, when he gave evidence on day four of his
A CAFE owner has released a CCTV image of a man who he believes stole the staff tip jar. Staff at Worcester's Caffe Bolero, in St Nicholas Street, have been left 'shaken up and scared' after the tip jar was stolen during the morning rush on Wednesday
GLOWING lanterns were lit in memory of loved ones at an annual walk which raised more than £11,000 for a hospice. Now in its third year, the St Richard’s Hospice Lantern Walk took place on Saturday, February 8 at the National Trust’s Croome, near
Today's picture from the Worcester News archives is of retiring Wichenford baker Alfred Palmer and his wife Cora who closed their bakery after 72 years. The couple retired on Christmas Eve 1997.
A NETWORK Rail employee has spoken of the "devastating impact" caused to her after being sexually assaulted at work. Belinda Robinson was made to feel "used and preyed upon" when Julian Tansell, who was her line manager at Evesham signalling box
THE finely crafted songs and funky grooves of Steely Dan will hit Worcester when a county band plays the city. The Fezz are a five-piece band who aim to capture the spirit of the American group who shot to fame in the 70s and are renowned for classics
WORCESTER Warriors prop Ethan Waller says his side must get stuck in at Sixways on Saturday (3pm) as they look set to do battle with a powerful Bath line-up in adverse conditions. The weather for the afternoon could well be affected by Storm Dennis
